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Colon Cancer Evaluation and Staging

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Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer affecting persons in the United States. Overall, approximately 38% of newly diagnosed patients with colorectal cancer in the United States will die of their disease.

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  1. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, 70121, USA

    David E. Beck

  2. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA, 01805, USA

    Patricia L. Roberts

  3. Department of Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    John L. Rombeau

  4. Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine School of Medine, Orange, CA, 92868, USA

    Michael J. Stamos

  5. Department Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, 33331-3609, USA

    Steven D. Wexner

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    Beck, D.E., Roberts, P.L., Rombeau, J.L., Stamos, M.J., Wexner, S.D. (2009). Colon Cancer Evaluation and Staging. In: Wexner, S., Stamos, M., Rombeau, J., Roberts, P., Beck, D. (eds) The ASCRS Manual of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/b12857_27

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